6 beats
- Beats
- Pass
- Recover
- Carry
- Fill a spot
- Shot: heavy dash into the goal
- Empty spot
- 5 yd stripes · not a marking
Man-up · 3-3 · 6 on 5
Twist
Coach’s variation from POWLAX
The play, beat by beat
- 1Umbrella Point passes to Umbrella RightTheir Top Right Pole rotates
- 2Umbrella Right passes to Right WingTheir Low Right Pole rotates
- 3Right Wing carriesTheir Low Right Pole rotates
- 4Right Wing passes to Umbrella RightTheir Top Right Pole rotates
- 5Umbrella Right carriesUmbrella Point cuts
- 6Umbrella Right shoots on goalTheir Top Right Pole rotates
Coaching points
- Swing it to the trigger man. He passes down; the low man makes his defender play him, then throws it back up.
- Trigger man, carry to the middle with your stick loaded. Umbrella Point shallow cuts under you, eyes on the ball.
- Read their top two: if they take the cutter, shoot; if the LSM takes you, hit Umbrella Left stepping in; if their top man stays with you, throw it back to the cutter.
- Look through the defense, and pass past the slide coming at you. The carry leaves your hands free, so use fakes.
- This is POWLAX's Twist, a coach's variation: Jamie Munro taught it to POWLAX. LaxLibrary's shallow clear-through up top is the same carry and shallow cut.
How it was checked
Only one source describes it: one coach’s or one program’s own take. We found no second source to check it against. Coach’s variation from POWLAX.
